Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: iperf3 (UTSA-2023-002138)

high Nessus Plugin ID 348956

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2023-002138 advisory.

iperf3 before 3.14 allows peers to cause an integer overflow and heap corruption via a crafted length field.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected iperf3 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348956

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2023-002138.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Unity Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/22/2026

Updated: 9/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38403

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/UOS-Server/release, Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38403

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